My Capitol Hill Talk on Budget Cutting

David Henderson

By David Henderson, Dec 7 2010

Yesterday I gave a talk on Capitol Hill for Mercatus’s Capitol Hill College. The talk is based on my two studies for Mercatus, Canada’s Budget Triumph and The U.S. Postwar Miracle. Mercatus is fast: the talk is already on line here.

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My Capitol Hill Talk on Budget Cutting

David Henderson

Yesterday I gave a talk on Capitol Hill for Mercatus's Capitol Hill College. The talk is based on my two studies for Mercatus, Canada's Budget Triumph and The U.S. Postwar Miracle. Mercatus is fast: the talk is already on line here.

My Capitol Hill Talk on Budget Cutting

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